Jon Snow, Presenter of Channel 4 News, was first with his award for 'Presenter of the Year' and was described by the RTS as "... a man in total command of the modern-day presenter's role". He reported on Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan earthquake, and secured the first interview with Tony Blair after the tsunami, flying to Egypt to interview the Prime Minister during his holiday.
But it was his persistence and entrepreneurial journalism in securing a leak of the summary of the Attorney-General’s legal advice on the Iraq War, that stood out.
In addition to this, Channel 4 News has won a British Academy Television Award for best news programme for its coverage of the fall of Saddam Hussein.